Blood

Neuauflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-20549-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 245 mm x 170 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: Darwin College Lectures

Blood is life, its complex composition is finely attuned to our vital needs and functions. Blood can also signify death, while 'bloody' is a curse. Arising from the 2021 Darwin College Lectures, this volume invites leading thinkers on the subject to explore the many meanings of blood across a diverse range of disciplines. Through the eyes of artist Marc Quinn, the paradoxical nature of blood plays with the notion of self. Through those of geneticist Walter Bodmer, it becomes a scientific reality: bloodlines and diaspora capture our notions of community. The transfer of blood between bodies, as Rose George relates, can save lives, or as we learn from Claire Roddie can cure cancer. Tim Pedley and Stuart Egginton explore the extraordinary complexity of blood as a critical biological fluid. Sarah Read examines the intimate connection between blood and womanhood, as Carol Senf does in her consideration of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foskolou, Iosifina

Jones, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors; Introduction Iosifina Foskolou and Martin Jones; 1. Battle Blood Claire Roddie; 2. Transitional Bleeding in Early Modern England Sara Read; 3. Blood in Motion, or The Physics of Blood Flow Tim Pedley; 4. 'Dracula', Blood, and the New Woman: Stoker's Reflections on the Zeitgeist Carol Senf; 5. Blood Lines of the British People Walter Bodmer; 6. Heroes and Villains of Blood Rose George; 7. Cold Blood: Some Ways by which Animals Cope with Low Temperatures Stuart Egginton; 8. Blood Sculptures Marc Quinn; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Foskolou, Iosifina
Iiosifina Foskolou is a cancer biologist with joint appointments in Amsterdam and Cambridge. She has authored numerous scientific journal articles and received research awards/grants in Oxford, Cambridge, and the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. She is a strong advocate of women in science.

Jones, Martin
Martin Jones is an archaeologist with an interest in food and diet. He is editor/co-editor of eight volumes, author of 150 scientific papers and four books. Among those books, Feast: Why Humans Share Food received the 2008 Food Book of the Year Award from the Guild of Food Writers.